Improvement in movement-cure apparatus



PATmEn AUG 1 1871 D .WARKSv y @M /KM UNITED STATES l 1 FFICE.

DAVID WARK, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOVEMENT-CURE APPARATUS.

Spccication forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,580, dated August 1, 1871.

the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-` tion of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, where- Figure I represents an elevation of the apparatus as applied for moving the arm. Fig. II represents a side elevation of the apparatus as applied for rubbing the leg with horizontal action. Fig. III represents a back elevation of Fig. II. Fig. IV represents an elevation of the apparatus for rubbing the arm. Fig. V represents an elevation of an apparatus for rubbing the leg with vertical action. Fig. VI represents an elevation of an apparatus for rubbing the back. Fig. VII represents a front elevation of an apparatus for moving the leg. Fig. VIII represents a side elevation of Fig. VII. Fig. IX represents a plan of apparatus for moving and rubbing the body. Fig. X represents an elevation of Fig. IX.

rThis invention has reference to improvements on apparatus used in the movement-cure treatment of diseases of the human body. It is applied principally in two ways, viz., by friction on the surface of the skin, and by motion given to the limbs and body. The principle of the machines or apparatus used is the same in these two branches of action, only modified to act on the various parts of the body according to its configuration. Thus the apparatus shown in Figs. I, VII, and VIII are for movement purposes, while the remainder of the figures ofthe drawing show various modifications of an apparatus for frictional purposes, with the exception ofFigs. IX and X, which show an apparatus for friction and movement combined.

In the drawing hereunto annexed similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Referring to Fig. I, a is a seat for the patient to sit upon. To the back of this is attached, by a hinge, b, a case or receptacle, c, to receive the arm of the patient. The lower end of this receptacle c is attached by another hinge, d, to one end of a connecting-rod, e, the other end being fastened by a crank-pin, e', to a revolving disk, f, on the end of a shaft, f1, to which motion is imparted in any ordinary manner. The patient being seated in the chair a places his arm in the case o, to which a vibratory motion is imparted by the connecting-rod e and disk j', at any rate of speed and for any time required. In Figs. II and III, g is a frame, of any suitable construction, provided with disk f and shaft f1, and connecting-rod e fastened to disk f by crank-pin e, l

the other end of the connecting-rod e being, in this case, attached by a pin, f2, to a lever, f3, provided with holes to increase or decrease the action. This lever f3 is attached to a rock-shaft, h, giving motion to two arms, h1 h1, at the ends of which are two extensions, h2, moving back and forth in a horizontal direction. The upper and under sides of these extensions are, respectively, provided at their detached ends with rubbers h3, for the purpose of acting by friction on the part. The leg of the patient being placed between-the rubbers h3 is held there at the required degree of pressure by an elastic band, h4, and friction applied to the limb by the horizontal motion back and forth of the extensions h2, acted on by the arms h1 and rock-shaft h. Figs. IV and V show two modifications of the machine, the component parts, however, being the same as in Figs. II and III,wherein g is thefraine; f1, shaft, j`,disk, giving motion to connecting-rod e, fastened to it by crank-pin e', and attached at the other end by pin f2 to lever f3 connected with rock-shaft h, which gives motion by arms hl to extensions h2, furnished at the ends with rubbers h3, as in Figs. II and III. Fi g. IV shows the machine as adapted for rubbing the arxn of the patient, and Fig. V the modification for operating on the leg, the limb being in each case held in between the rubbers h by the elastic band h4, and subjected to friction in a vertical direction by the extensions h2. Fig. VI shows the modification of the apparatus for applying friction by a single extension and rubber to any part of the body, but preferably to the back or loins. The parts of this ligure are the sameas in Figs. II, III, IV, and V, g being the frame, e the connecting-rod, fastened at one end by crank-pin c to disk f and moved by shaft f1, and at the other by pin f2 to lever f3 attached to rock-shaft h, moving, by arms h1, the extension h2 provided with rubber h3. The patient being placed in any convenient seat, a, the

extension may either be pressed by the hand of the operator against the part to which friction is to be applied, or kept in place by a spring of any suitable device. In the above description of the various apparatus, modifications of apparatus for frictional purposes, the rubbers h3 are so attached to the extensions h2 that they may turn round freely on the same, thus adjusting themselves to any shape of the portion of the human body inserted between them. Figs. VII and VIII show the modification of the apparatus used for applying the movement-cure to the leg of the patient, aJ being the seat, suitably arranged, but the case or receptacle c is, in this case, open in the front and hung to seat a by a pin, c. This case c is connected with the disk f by the connecting-rod e attached thereto by a crank-pin, ef, and to the case c by the hinge d.. rlhe patient being seated in the chair a, and having1 placed his leg in the case c, a vibratory motion is imparted thereto by the action of the revolving disk f. Figs. IX and X show a modification of the apparatus for the application of friction combined with movement of the body. It is for the main part similar to that shown in Figs. II, III, IV, V, and VI, g being the frame 5 e, connectingrod, fastened as before by crank-pin e to disk j', but connected at the other end with link i, which moves the arm h1 of the rock-shaft h, in this case vertical. The other arm h1 of the rock-shaft his set at right angles to the lower arm h1, to the other end of it being attached the extension h2 moving in a guide, i2, and furnished on the side with a concave projection, i3, of a suitable shape to flt the body. The patient being placed in any convenient position, the concave projection 3 is pressed firmly against the part ofthe body to be operated upon, and the extension h2, being acted upon by the rock-shaft h with its arms h1 con neeted with revolving disk by connecting-rod e and link i, is moved back and forth through the guide 2, applying, at the same time, both friction and movement to the part affected.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, to which I have given the name of Warks movement-cure apparatus, I beg to state that I disclaim all other apparatus now in use for analogous purposes. l

What I claim as my invention, and wish secured by Letters Patent, is the new and useful improvements on the apparatus used in the movement-cure treatment of diseases, as follows:

1. The combination, in the movement apparatus, of seat'a with arm or leg-receptacle c, pivoted at its upper end, to which motion is given by the disk f and hinged arm e, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in the friction al movem entcure apparatus, of frame g, disk f, shaft f1, conneeting-rod e, crank-pin e', pin f2, lever f3,'rock shaft h, arms h1, extension h2, rubbers h3, and elastic band h4, as applied horizontally or vertically to the` arm or leg.

Montreal, 10th day of December, A. D. 1870.

DAVID WARK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES LEGGE, CHARLES G. C. SIMPSON. 

